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Drug categories
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| noncontrolled drugs | free from potential for abuse |
| controlled substances | highest potential for abuse dispensed under special legal restrictions |
| Scheudle 1 | most dangerours |
| Schedule 2 | |
| Scheudle 3 | |
| schedule 4 | |
| schedule 5 | |
| antibiotic | stop growth of germs in the body |
| analgesic | stops pain |
| insulin | restores bodily function |
| antipsychotic | change behavior |
| immunization | prevents disease |
| antitussant | reduces cough |
| antipyretic | controls fever |
| antihistamine | reduces histamine |
| diseases are treated by | drug therapy (medication), special diets, physical therapy, surgical means and psycho-social therapy |
| Only time medication is to be omitted | consumer refuses, too ill to swallow, held for diagnostic testing, RN judgement |